Introduction
- Women’s diet is one of the immediate determinants of maternal and child nutrition
Objectives
Introduction
Objectives
Note: For the 2017 GHI, data on the proportion of undernourished are for 2014–2016; data on child stunting and wasting are for the latest year in the period 2012–2016 for which data are available; and data on child mortality are for 2015.
2015 Global Hunger Index: Calamitous famines cause 1 million or more deaths
The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is based on four component indicators: >> UNDERNOURISHMENT: the proportion of undernourished people as a percentage of the population (reflecting the share of the population with insufficient caloric intake); &g
What is the impact of agricultural development projects on women’s and men’s assets?
The Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project (GAAP)
At a 2012 meeting of the World Health Assembly, all 193 UN member nations committed to achieving global nutrition targets by 2025. So far, the number of countries on course to meet the global targets is much too low.